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C. PALEY CONTAINER Aug. 21, 19 34.

Filed Dec. 23. 1932 Patented Aug. 21, 1934 UNITED? sures PATENT 1,971,164 (CONTAINER,

Charles Paley, Brooklyn,-

Application December 23, 1932, Serial No: 648,602 claims; (01. Za -258 invention relates to containers; and is particularly-directed to a bottle'for testing but ter, cheese, cream, milk and the like substance for fat content;

5 An objectoi this invention is to provide a container or bottle of the character described, provided with a mouth or openingsufficiently large to permitlumps of viscous, solid or semi solid material to be introduced therein and also to permit the introduction of a stirring rod to either remove excess material or to stir the contents; the inlet, mouth or opening being of relatively small height and preferably merely of sufficient height for the reception of a stopper whereby the stirring process may be'facilitated.

, The bottleflis intended to be used particularly in a centrifuging process to separate the butter fat from the other substances in butter, cheese, cream, mill; or the likematerials, and it is an '20" object of this invention to provide a bottle or thecharacter described adapted to be readily placed into the seat on the centrifugeapparatus and having a graduated reading tube to one side of the longitudinal axis of thebottle to provide suitficient space for a relatively largeinlet opening so that the materials to be tested may be readily placed directly into the body of the bottle and without the danger of the material sticking to theinner surface of the inlet.

A further object otthi'sinvention is toprovide abottle of: the character described having a taperingshoulder portion" and an inlet; e22 tending from said shoulder portion and providedwith as'topper', the inner surface of which sub stantially for'ms a continuation of theinner sinface ofthe shoulder to facilitate separation of the fat duringthecentr i-fuging process.

Still another object of this inventior'i-isf to pro" vide'a neat, compact and durable bottle of the 40 character described, which shall be estremay' economical to manufacture, simple to manipulate, attractive in appearance, and withal practical and efficient to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be 4E1; obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the tea tures of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described,

* and of which the scope of application will be inbodiments of this invention, Fig. 1 is an elevational View of a bottle or contaihf embodyingthe invntioriyvvitlr' parts in cfoss s'ctiong" V Fig; 2"is a cross s etional View taken of! line 22 oi -Fig. 1 with the stopper removed; -Fig'; 3 iS a View similar to Fig: it but 'showirig 6'0 a modified construction; and Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional View taken on line 4 ;4 o'f-Fig. 3 with the stopperren'i'oved, Referring now in detail to the drawing- 10' designates a bottle or'c'ontain'er embodying-the invention and here shown in the form of a; bottle forte'sting butter, cheese, cream, condensed milk; ice=cream and various" other products to deter mine the percentage offat in said materials.

bottle 10 may be made-or glass or any 76" other suitable material comprises preferably a body portion 11 having a bottom wall 12, a" slightly upwardly and outwardly tapering conical si'de'*wa11 l-3.- The slight taper of the side Wall 13 permits the body to be readily slid into-the" usual receptacle provided for swirrglng the botties in a centrifuging a paratus; The'poiti'on 13 of the bottle may be of generally circular crosssection; and extending from the upper end of said portion 13' is an inwardly tapering shoulder per: 86'" tien 15 from which there eiit'en ols short neck, inlet or mouth portion 17 prefe'rably'oli's'et from and parallel to the longitudinal axis or the body portion 11 of the bottle, and an elongatedrela tive'ly long graduated reading tube portion 19' preferably parallel to the longitudinal aiiis or the body 11 but offset therefrom.

. In theiforrn' shown in Fig. 1 the i7 is sub stantially parallel to* the tube 19 and is oflarge'r" cross se'c-tional area than said tube. The neck 17 and tube-re may be of any suitable cross=s= tiona'l shape of diameter.

As strewn Fig. 2 orthe ar wingthe tube 19' and neck- 17' are substantially wholly within the horizontal c'ro s=secnoaa1 circular en ineer the" body 1=-1.- construction the" brittle 10 may be readily fitted into the seat or container on the centrifuging machine.

By offsetting the graduated reading tube 19 with respect to the longitudinal axis of the body 11 of the bottle, the inlet neck or opening 17 may be relatively large to permit lumps of the material to be tested to be readily inserted or introduced into the bottle without smudging the inner surface of the inlet tube. Furthermore, by making the inlet tube 17 relatively short or substantially only long enough for the reception of the stopper 22, the danger of the material sticking or smudgingthe inner surface of the tube while being introduced into .the bottle is minimized, thus making for more perfect tests. Further, the provisions of a relatively large and relatively short inlet opening facilitates the use of a stirring rod which may be inserted readily through the neck for the purpose of breaking up lumpy material, stirring or removing some of the contents. The stirring rod cannot be carried out with testing bottles having relatively small inlet openings, and/or relatively long inlet tubes.

The stopper 22, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing is provided with an inclined or tapering inner surface 23. The surface 23 substantially forms a continuation of the inner surface of the tapering portion 15 of the bottle body. Thus while the bottle is swung in a centrifuging apparatus, the fats may be more readily separateid since they will not be retained by the inclined surface 23 which permits free movement of the materials within the bottle without obstruction.

In Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawing there is shown a bottle 10a. substantially similar to the bottle 10 except that the inclined shoulder 15a thereof is provided with a short inclined neck or opening 17a the axis whereof is inclined to the axis of the body 11a of said bottle. The outer rim 25 of the neck 17a, however, is disposed wholly within the circular outline of the body, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing. The stopper 22 received within the neck 17a is likewise disposed wholly within the circular horizontal outline of the body of the bottle whereby the bottle 10a may be readily inserted within the usual receptacle or seat provided for the purpose in the centrifuging machine or apparatus. The inner or bottom surface 23a of the stopper 22a is perpendicular to the axis of said stopper but nevertheless forms a substantial continuation of the inner tapering surface of shoulder .1541.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A testing bottle comprising a body and an elongated graduated reading tube extending from said body and wholly offset from the longitudinal axis of the body of the bottle, and said body being.

beingwholly contained within the transverse circular outline of the body of the bottle, and the transverse circular outlines of said tube and open ing being tangent to the transverse circular outline of said body.

2. A bottle comprising a body portion having a tapering shoulder, a graduated reading tube extending upwardly from the shoulder of said body portion and disposed parallel to and being wholly offset from the longitudinal axis of said body, and a neck extending from said body having an axis inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of said body, a stopper within said neck having an inclined under surface substantially flush with said shoulder of said body, said reading tube, neck and stopper being wholly contained within the transverse peripheral outline of the body of the bottle, and said neck overlapping the longitudinal axis of said body.

3. A bottle comprising a body portion, a graduated reading tube extending from said body portion and disposed parallel to and wholly offset from the longitudinal axis of said body, and a neck extending'from said body having an axis inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of said body, a stopper within said neck at least as long as said neck, said reading tube, neck and stopper being wholly contained within the transverse peripheral outline of the body of the bottle, said neck being less in length than said reading tube.

4. A bottle comprising a body portion having a tapering shoulder portion, a graduated reading tube extending from said shoulder portion and disposed parallel to and wholly offset from the longitudinal axis of said body, and a neck extending from said body having an axis inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of said body, a stopper within said neck, said reading tube, neck and stopper being wholly contained within the transverse peripheral outline of the body of the bottle, said neck being less in length than said reading tube, and of larger cross-sectional area than said reading tube and overlapping the longitudinal axis of said body.

5. A bottle comprising a body portion having a tapering shoulder portion, a graduated reading tube extending from said shoulder portion and disposed parallel to and wholly offset from the longitudinal axis of said body, and a neck extending from said body having an axisinclined with respect tothe longitudinal axis of said body, a

stopper within said neck, said reading tube, neck and stopper being wholly contained within the transverse peripheral outline of the body of the bottle, said neck being less in length than said reading tube, and of larger cross-sectional" area than said reading tube and overlapping the longitudinal axis of said bod and a stopper within said neck at least as long as said neck and having the bottom surface thereof substantially flush with said shoulder portion of said body.

CHARLES PALEY. 

